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i used to hunt as a kid. i went duck hunting and rabbit hunting with my father and uncles but, you know, i knew hunters and there are a lot that love animals but they have a strange way of showing it. >> this is what i talked about hunting and gathering cultures whether the arctic or amazon they take life there is atonemented to do we need to kill animals for sport and trophies? >> we have friends in california. i went to their house. they had this polar bear they had shot just standing, you know, stuffed standing in the hallway. i wanted to throw up. >> congress last week after the nra convention the republican leadership brought a bill to the floor, a bill to the floor to pass in the house that would allow american trophy hunters to bring back a threatened species in alaska, where a licensed trap ter, cruel and inhumane. and this bill also reversed the presumption on hunting. the park service doesn't allow it unless it's authorized. this bill would have opened it to hunting. this is crazy. >> a great idea.
i used to hunt as a kid. i went duck hunting and rabbit hunting with my father and uncles but, you know, i knew hunters and there are a lot that love animals but they have a strange way of showing it. >> this is what i talked about hunting and gathering cultures whether the arctic or amazon they take life there is atonemented to do we need to kill animals for sport and trophies? >> we have friends in california. i went to their house. they had this polar bear they had shot just...
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they keep pumping stuff out for us, good stuff for us to talk about. we should also say hello, not -- they get touchy if we don't say hello to the team. >> right here, bill. >> you know what? they can pull the plug on you. >> the lights could go out. the sound could disappear. right? unless we recognize them. peter ogburn dan henning and siprian hen can, our videographer, faiz what's hot today? you have a lot of good stuff out there i have seen in the last couple of days. we were just talking with dennis van roekel from the national education association about corporate tax loopholes they have identified. you have been doing some of the same work. let's start there. >> yeah. we put our our analysis yesterday. i showed 26 major corporations hadn't paid any federal income tax last year corporate income tax last year. i mean as part of the growing outrage about the fact there is this great disparity in america about people who have the most and pay the least and as part of that campaign, we noted that president reagan is on our side. >> yeah. i am going t
they keep pumping stuff out for us, good stuff for us to talk about. we should also say hello, not -- they get touchy if we don't say hello to the team. >> right here, bill. >> you know what? they can pull the plug on you. >> the lights could go out. the sound could disappear. right? unless we recognize them. peter ogburn dan henning and siprian hen can, our videographer, faiz what's hot today? you have a lot of good stuff out there i have seen in the last couple of days. we...
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the attackers could have been using it as a cover, using religion as a reallilying point which is not unique in the middle east, it is used as an motivator around the world, so terroristing or government official using religion is very very powerful. i was emailing you last night in lebanon, the head of hezbollah has called for protests on monday. that's when you have an organic protest you call for it four days later. the organic outrage by some muslim [ inaudible ], but fit was a truly outraged by the muslim community they would have been in the street instantlies. instead the pope had been there for three days and they were very respectful, so now they say we're going to have a big protest across the country today. that attack in libya seems to be a terrorist attack calculated and i believe there were some attacks earlier on un sites in libya earlier in the day. so this might be their way at getting back at the us. >> john: we talked before about how this conflict -- i find the most interesting thing about this conflict is seeing how right-wing extreme conservative christians are d
the attackers could have been using it as a cover, using religion as a reallilying point which is not unique in the middle east, it is used as an motivator around the world, so terroristing or government official using religion is very very powerful. i was emailing you last night in lebanon, the head of hezbollah has called for protests on monday. that's when you have an organic protest you call for it four days later. the organic outrage by some muslim [ inaudible ], but fit was a truly...
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it's great that they warn us. it's up to us to do something about it. >> that's what i have done. i have life lock ultimate protection edgen encourage you to get the same. lifelock and i are on a mission but they can't protect you unless you are a member. call now and mention press 60 for 60 risk-free days for life lock ultimate identity theft protection. if you are not happy cancel within 60 days and get a full refund. see lifelock for details and give them a call. 1-8005967. lifelock.com at 1-800-356-5967. john nichols, we know all about scott walker. now, the recall is underway. first we've got to get through the primary and a general election, so let's start with the primary. we talked last week i think. >> yeah. four democrats and two leading democratic candidates? >> this is important to understand. there are four solid candidates. >> that's quite a striking thing. wisconsin has an open primary tradition. it's not like the bill presses. >> party bosses. >> california tended to do it, too. you would have real primaries this is a real primary. four candidates, all credible kat
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ken hall is in studio with us. we'll be glad to take your calls about jobs and any of the other issues. ken hall is the general secretary treasurer of the international teamsters. some of the press recently, the teamsters going out after hostess. why? didn't hostess declare bankruptcy? >> well, actually, they're in chapter 22 which means that they filed bankruptcy twice now. they filed bankruptcy -- they filed the second time only three years after exiting bankruptcy in 2009. and what we have actually been trying to do is to reach an agreement to allow this company to be able to come out of bankruptcy and be a profitable and on-going company. it has been incredibly frustrating because our members -- despite what the company has put out and media reports, our members have taken over $70 million per year pay cuts and that's been going on since 2008. other unions like the bakery worker's union took similar cuts so this company has enjoyed about $140 million in concessions from their workers. since 2008. and what they
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us? >> i am still like trying to focus on beef steaks which is premature. 2016, the scramble is on. >> i was at a dinner party with politico's -- no name but people involved in politics here the question is who is going to run in 20 is 16? wait a minute. wait a min wait a minute. >> chris christie telling oprah he might be ready in 2016. these guys are queueing up. why shouldn't we. >> do you think hillary is a possibility? >> the i don't. she works so hard at being secretary of state. >> a great job. >> that heshe has gotten great reviews. and that is a burn-out job and she just looks exhausted. >> she looks burned out? >> she looks burned out and done. she looks like, you know, i thought that world's bank would have been a great job for her, something still in the public sphere but a little on the public eye take some of the pressure off. i don't think she is done with public lightfe. it's hard to imagine her running for president. >> she might not be done with public life. but i think
us? >> i am still like trying to focus on beef steaks which is premature. 2016, the scramble is on. >> i was at a dinner party with politico's -- no name but people involved in politics here the question is who is going to run in 20 is 16? wait a minute. wait a min wait a minute. >> chris christie telling oprah he might be ready in 2016. these guys are queueing up. why shouldn't we. >> do you think hillary is a possibility? >> the i don't. she works so hard at...
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stay with us. museum you're about to watch an ad message created by a current tv viewer for capella university. matter. education is the key. it is the vehicle. it's the way in which we evolve.[ music ] every journey is different every possibility is unique. but the beginning, the beginning is my craft. i'm an ordinary person striving to achieve extraordinary things. it started with a dream and i'm on my way there. [ ♪ theme ♪ ] [ music ] >> broadcasting across the nation, on your radio and on current tv this is "the bill press show." >> bill: >> bill: rick snyder from michigan has declared war on working families, and working families have to fight back. what do you say? good morning everybody. it's a wednesday morning december 12th. so good to see you today. welcome, welcome to the "full-court press." coming to you life across this great land of ours from our studio on capitol hill in washington. d.c. great to see you today. we are also live on our -- your local progressive talk radio station
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stay with us. you're about to watch an ad message created by a current tv viewer for capella university. matter. i've been a nurse since 1979. i love being a nurse. a few years ago a friend i went to grade school with showed me a book she had kept from third grade. i had written that i wanted to be a nurse. after being a nurse for about twenty years i decided that i need to further my education. my masters degree was done completely online and that gave me the freedom and ability to do my education while i raised my kids and worked full time. raising my kids as a single mom and having them see me get my education online and work full-time has given them the opportunity to see that they can do anything that they want to. i'm currently the hospital administrator for two public hospitals. we serve patients who might not otherwise get care. i teach an online nursing program. i feel that i'm giving back something to the nurses that are attempting to get their bachelors degree like i did. doing online ed
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they won't tell us. i think the obama administration has put this with indefinite detention and sending troops on the ground. let's let's say the polls show overwhelming numbers against the war in afghanistan. seven out of 10, including the majority of republicans. people don't like it. we have wasted enough money there, don't want any more of our soldiers killed. this is an alternative to close guantanamo and boots on the ground. americans so far have not had a debate on this >> i want to get to our calls but another question: has there been any discussion like at the un? has there been any resolution authorizing countries to use the use of drones? >> there is a u.n. rack tour who says the way the u.s. uses them it violates international law but hasn't gone beyond that. >> that's one of the things we are trying to do is bring this to the united nation. >> dee calling from park forest illinois. hey, d. good morning. >> how do you spell her first name? >> medea medea-e-d-e-am-e-d-e-a. >> medea. okay. i ha
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get back to us in 72 hours. tell us what happened. something is going on that's amiss right now. >> at least to assure the public? right? that the proper investigation investigation -- i mean, not that your convicting the guy buzz before there has been a theilerial but police have done their job investigating it. >> you have what is by any measure a crisis. you have a kid who is dead a vigilanteism and somebody wielding a gun, shooting a gun killing who appears to be an innocent kid. >> the full court press here on current tv. we will be back, continuing our kench with your calls. clear clear. >> this is the bill press show. whether the globe is warming, >> this is the bill press show. we're debating things like how much warming will we see in what will be the precise impacts on brought patterns in north america. there are still issues that are being debated, but the fact that we're warming the planet is not one of them. >> all right. that is michael mann with his book, "the hockey stick and the climate wars." coming up the power of p
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all of us. kate bishop wants us to know that in red state kansas, good news, lots of new industry, new restaurants, new businesses, housing, selling at record numbers, the mall and big stores have all packed parking lots. obama economics is working. eric miller from denver, colorado, says i used to be a huge michael savage type right-winger. but he put our show on in the morning on the way to work probably six to eight months ago to listen to the opposition and now he has turned around! he is no longer a savage conservative. he's a bill press liberal. welcome, eric! see the light. >> announcer: this is the "bill press show." [ ♪ theme ♪ ] >> bill: good morning. what do you say? it is friday. september 28. good to see you today. thank you for joining us here on the "full court press." on current tv. coming to you live from our nation's capital and bringing you up to date on the big stories of the day. stuff you're going to want to talk about by giving us a call at 1-866-55-press. the latest n
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they were never used. that's one of the examples i think where fema comes into a state telling the state you're taking them. but we don't want them back. now i don't think that's right. i think that they should have been used somewhere else when needed. but fema didn't want them. they go nope. they're your problem. they were parked -- i don't know for how long. i think they finally got them destroyed because they were never used. >> bill: i don't know anything about that, charles but i do know this. that's not the way fema works today. i think you have to look at the way fema works today and the way it has worked since president obama has been in the white house. again, it is not just me saying this there's been nothing but praise for fema and craig if fugate from republican governors. mcdonnell in virginia. chris christie in new jersey. even bobby jindal in louisiana. have praised the fact right now there is a close partnership between the white house and the governor's republican and democratic governors
they were never used. that's one of the examples i think where fema comes into a state telling the state you're taking them. but we don't want them back. now i don't think that's right. i think that they should have been used somewhere else when needed. but fema didn't want them. they go nope. they're your problem. they were parked -- i don't know for how long. i think they finally got them destroyed because they were never used. >> bill: i don't know anything about that, charles but i do...
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thank you for joining us. welcome to the full-court press on current tv coming to you live all the way across this great land of ours. how about this? big news today, joe williams the white house correspondent for politico was suspended last week for comments that he made on msnbc about mitt romney. today, joe williams tells his side of the story for the very first time on radio and television, right here on the full court press. >> that's just part of today's dynamic program. so i have got to say, stay tuned. we have the latest news in today's current news update from jacki schechner out in los angeles. good morning, jacki. >> good morning, bill. good morning, everybody. 58% of republicans say their vote for president is going to be against president obama rather than for mitt romney according to the latest "wall street journal" poll which has the president up by three points, 47 to 44. the president's holding the expected demographic young voters african-americans and latin owes and up with women. while his
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us. this is the melting pot, and if it needs to be the melting pot. >> it must put the fear of god in kids his age? right? >> well, you know, you hear -- sdlfrn parents with kids his age. >> what's been interesting about -- and i'm glad, you know, in the last few days nea, aft and fta, both national unions and our union down in florida put out a very strong statement yesterday about not only needing to get to the bottom line of the investigation, but, also the larger question of how in our society, we make sure there is a deep respect much all of our people. and, you know, so teachers have been talking about this. and, you know, you have these amazing conversations with people about what the effect of racial profiling is. and, you know, and that's what we have to really combat. so i hope that the department of justis does the invest gauging they must do but our role as schoolteachers is to keep our children safe and start teaching. we do it all the time. >> right. >> what should happen in
us. this is the melting pot, and if it needs to be the melting pot. >> it must put the fear of god in kids his age? right? >> well, you know, you hear -- sdlfrn parents with kids his age. >> what's been interesting about -- and i'm glad, you know, in the last few days nea, aft and fta, both national unions and our union down in florida put out a very strong statement yesterday about not only needing to get to the bottom line of the investigation, but, also the larger question...
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give us a call at 866-5--press. so good to see you this morning and to say hello to team press, peter ogburn and dan henning. hello, guys. >> happy friday. >> cyprian has the day off. monte is filling off. a big wave from monte. all right. we got it down. we raised a lot of hell yesterday, of course about the news that the u.s. team team ousts olympic uniforms designed by ralph lauren or somebody told me it should be ralph lauren. >> i was told it was ralph lauren. everybody knows who you talk about when you say ralph lauren but it's ralph lauren apparently. >> paifrnlth. my friends said laurenapparently. my friends said lauren? >> his son is loren and his son's wife is loren bush lauren i think. >> he designed the uniforms. the big problem with them is they are made in china, which is outrageous. so after our show yesterday he must have been watching, senate majority leader harry reid and had a good idea what to do with these uniforms. >> i am so upset that i think the olympic committee should be ashamed of themsel
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if you use facebook on a regular basis, you may not give much thought to using the like button. you just click it and move on. it is exactly that button that is at the center of a case in virginia right now where six people say they were fired by the local sheriff, one of them for liking the page of his opponent in his re-election bid in 2009. one of them simply liked the page and that was all. a federal judge has said that like is not constitutionally protected free speech. the judge said it is not the same as writing out a message and then posting it. first amendment scholars disagree saying that there is no question that like counts as free speech explaining that in the physical world something like giving a thumbs up is covered by the first amendment and so in the virtual world like goes even farther than that because it prints text on the screen. a lawyer for the six workers say they do plan to appeal. >>> wisconsin democrats heavily dislike governor scott walker. as he faces his recall election on june 5th but he's raked in $14.7 million in individual contributions so far
if you use facebook on a regular basis, you may not give much thought to using the like button. you just click it and move on. it is exactly that button that is at the center of a case in virginia right now where six people say they were fired by the local sheriff, one of them for liking the page of his opponent in his re-election bid in 2009. one of them simply liked the page and that was all. a federal judge has said that like is not constitutionally protected free speech. the judge said it...
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thank you so much for joining us. mitt romney had a big day up in the hamptons yesterday, big dinner at the koch brothers. price to get in? $50,000 a plate for $75,000 if you came as a couple. imagine that. >> that's more money than most americans make in a whole year. yeah. mitt romney, no man of the people. we will talk about mitt romney where his money and where he has parked it and a lot more on today's big full-court press. first, we go out to the los angeles to get the latest from lease a ferguson. hi, lease a. >> hi, bill. good morning. good morning, everyone. we are keeping an eye on a couple of things going on out of washington today. president obama will call for a one-year extension of the bush-era tax cuts for people making less than $250,000 a year. today's statement will draw -- excuse me -- a hard line between the president and house republicans who plan to vote this month to extend all of those bush era tax cuts permanently for both middle and upper income families. on friday, president obama called ou
thank you so much for joining us. mitt romney had a big day up in the hamptons yesterday, big dinner at the koch brothers. price to get in? $50,000 a plate for $75,000 if you came as a couple. imagine that. >> that's more money than most americans make in a whole year. yeah. mitt romney, no man of the people. we will talk about mitt romney where his money and where he has parked it and a lot more on today's big full-court press. first, we go out to the los angeles to get the latest from...
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us a little bit later. but first. >> announcer: this is the "full court press." >> making news on the wednesday the verdict is unanimous, the nfl scab officials are a complete disaster and calls for the regular referees even coming from anti-union republicans. mitt romney speaking out as well, saying he wants those experienced referees back on the field too. >> bill: when scott walker and paul ryan both come out begging for the union refs to come back it's pretty bad. >> mitt romney wants them back out on the playing field for the nfl. [ laughter ] >> that's perfect. >> and paul ryan severely disappointed his republican colleagues in congress. he was supposed to lead a p90x workout in the house gym, but report is he was a no show and preferred to work out in his private gym instead. one popular restaurant on capitol hill is putting swing state cocktails on the menu including the wisconsin cheese head. there is also -- there is also the iowa meat and potato and the ohio peanut butter buckeye. >> bill: keepin
us a little bit later. but first. >> announcer: this is the "full court press." >> making news on the wednesday the verdict is unanimous, the nfl scab officials are a complete disaster and calls for the regular referees even coming from anti-union republicans. mitt romney speaking out as well, saying he wants those experienced referees back on the field too. >> bill: when scott walker and paul ryan both come out begging for the union refs to come back it's pretty...
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use too much water. there are a lot of environmental concerns -- >> john: does it cause earthquakes and your taps to catch on fire. >> right. so it's potentially a game-changing new natural resource, depending on what the side effects are and both sides are wary of how much regulation does it need? if you look at romney's jobs plan -- energy jobs plan there is not very much about regulating frac-ing. the obama administration is definitely looking at regulating frac-ing but they too are wary of shutting down what could be a jobs bonanza. >> john: of course. we'll be taking your calls with coral davenport when he come back. we're at 866-55-press on your radio and current tv. do not go away. >> announcer: radio meets tv. the "bill press show" now on current tv. ♪ perspective. >>i'm a slutty bob hope. the troops love me. >>only on current tv. (vo) every news network will cover the convention. but only current coverage will put you at the collision of tv and social media. we'll provide unsurpassed insight i
use too much water. there are a lot of environmental concerns -- >> john: does it cause earthquakes and your taps to catch on fire. >> right. so it's potentially a game-changing new natural resource, depending on what the side effects are and both sides are wary of how much regulation does it need? if you look at romney's jobs plan -- energy jobs plan there is not very much about regulating frac-ing. the obama administration is definitely looking at regulating frac-ing but they too...
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give us a call at 1-866-55-press. follow us on twitter at bp show. go to facebook. facebook.com/billpressshow or go to our chat room. current.com, click on the chat room. you're in to talk about the issues with your fellow progressives across the land. and today i mean you're -- your lucky day. you get chris kofinis. >> wow! >> bill: the greek god himself. >> very small sample of god -- >> bill: greece is known for having a lot of things. >> right now greece is known for not being able to do math. we created math. we just wanted to be able to follow through on it. we had a good run. first through centuries was good. >> bill: i think the arabs created math. >> hey, let's not get crazy. i'll get my dad on this phone right now. >> bill: peter ogborn and dan henning. >> good morning. >> with cyprian bowlding our videographer gets the big wave. we don't let him talk. so joe biden uncle joe. >> uncle joe. i have a couple of uncles like joe. >> bill: let joe be joe. i think he is at his best when he's just -- they let biden be biden. he was out yesterday on the campaign tr
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good to have you with us. it's such a beautiful morning i decided to wear one of my favorite scarves. this red scarf here. it is a carol press scarf go to the website at bill press show.com and check it out. this is the number one seller, you can tell why i love it. >> bill, you look smoking hot. >> bill: you're thinking about holiday gifts there's nothing better and nothing keeping people warmer than my good carol press scarf. peter, what's happening on the world of chat room, twitter facebook. >> we are on twitter right now @bpshow asking you how you feel. value writes i'm smiling so wide that i'm wearing lipstick on my ears. never heard that before. kate ryan saying nursing one hell of a hangover this morning but nothing can take the shine off my happiness today. speaking of hank overs rum and coke party u.s.a. tweeting saying karl rove has internal polls that show romney still winning this race. >> bill: yes! karl rove and dick morris are saying no, it's not over yet. talk about having egg on your face. >>
good to have you with us. it's such a beautiful morning i decided to wear one of my favorite scarves. this red scarf here. it is a carol press scarf go to the website at bill press show.com and check it out. this is the number one seller, you can tell why i love it. >> bill, you look smoking hot. >> bill: you're thinking about holiday gifts there's nothing better and nothing keeping people warmer than my good carol press scarf. peter, what's happening on the world of chat room,...
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not many of us. not only 3,362 people named major and they're all registered to vote. [ laughter ] >> bill: think of the majors who are not registered to vote. i will probably -- >> i will probably wander the earth searching for them today. >> bill: i didn't get that e-mail. >> there are too many bills. >> bill: wait a minute, peter. i did get one peter. >> bill: you mean about how many people named peter? >> bill: i feel a little discrimination here. >> maybe -- have you signed up for your obama for america e-mails? >> yes. i can answer that. yes. >> bill: i get so many e-mails from the obama campaign, i must have. yeah right. look, i would answer to bill or billy or william. >> you've answered to worse. >> you'll never answer to billy by the way. if you'll answer to billy i'm going to start calling you billy. >> here's what i need to do. by the end of the day you need to put magnus on the list because i want to find out how many magnuses there are. because i want to find out if there are more magnu
not many of us. not only 3,362 people named major and they're all registered to vote. [ laughter ] >> bill: think of the majors who are not registered to vote. i will probably -- >> i will probably wander the earth searching for them today. >> bill: i didn't get that e-mail. >> there are too many bills. >> bill: wait a minute, peter. i did get one peter. >> bill: you mean about how many people named peter? >> bill: i feel a little discrimination here....
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thank you for joining us. this is the full-court press, the bill press show, coming to you live, coast to coast from our nation's capitol where there is a full moon walking into the studio, over to the studio this morning, beautiful full moon over the nation's capitol. too bad we don't have a camera on the rooftop where we could show you that magnificent site. but we will just bring you instead the news of the day from washington, d.c., from around the country and around the globe. >> that's what we do on the full-court press, tell you what's going on every morning, bring you the favorite guest and the the most knowledgeable people we can to talk about the issues and, most importantly, take your calls and get you involved in the conversation at 866-55-press. 866-55-7377. good morning to all of you, and good morning to our team this morning. peter ogburn is off for a couple of days. dan henning flying the 747 this morning. >> good morning, sir. >> i don't want you to panic or crash the way the jetblue pilot did
thank you for joining us. this is the full-court press, the bill press show, coming to you live, coast to coast from our nation's capitol where there is a full moon walking into the studio, over to the studio this morning, beautiful full moon over the nation's capitol. too bad we don't have a camera on the rooftop where we could show you that magnificent site. but we will just bring you instead the news of the day from washington, d.c., from around the country and around the globe. >>...
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remember ross perot used to use that, jobs going to mexico. the giant sucking sound over the weekend was the whole attempt to rehabilitate storminggeorge zimmerman, the whole attempt to paint him as the victim in this case to paint him as this is this nice guy out there doing his job when he was attacked by this 17-year-old black kid. that whole effort totally fell apart. just fell to the ground after the information that came out. it started as we talk about last week with a videotape where zimmerman claims that trayvon martin, through friends, particularly this joe oliver guy whom i don't trust at all, claims through friends that trayvon martin jumped him, tammy tacked him, threw him to the ground, beat his head against the ground, he was covered with blood, broken nose and then the videotape shows george zimmerman walking into the police station half an hour later no blood on his nose no broken knows, no nothing. he starts saying what about this guy? such a nice guy? well, it turns out we found out over the weekend that again further inform
remember ross perot used to use that, jobs going to mexico. the giant sucking sound over the weekend was the whole attempt to rehabilitate storminggeorge zimmerman, the whole attempt to paint him as the victim in this case to paint him as this is this nice guy out there doing his job when he was attacked by this 17-year-old black kid. that whole effort totally fell apart. just fell to the ground after the information that came out. it started as we talk about last week with a videotape where...
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angela kelly joins us. she is the vice president for immigration policy and advocacy at the gate scepter for american progress. angely, good to have you with us. >> our viewers and listeners first what do young people have to do to meet the conditions here. >> they have been in the u.s. for five years. >> that's important to recognize. this is not unfortunately going to cover somebody who arrived just a few years ago or somebody who arrived tomorrow. they have to have been under the age of 15 when they arrived. even if you came five or 6 years oorp. you have to be 29 or younger now. today. >> we were talk about a very specific window of people kids who have finished high school hors d'oeuvring in the military have served in the military. you know, obviously, no serious criminal record. so it's a good policy of course. this is an important step. right? >> how many? do we know young people might be covered by this? >> the numbers very, of course. i think the range people are saying is about 800,000. those 800
angela kelly joins us. she is the vice president for immigration policy and advocacy at the gate scepter for american progress. angely, good to have you with us. >> our viewers and listeners first what do young people have to do to meet the conditions here. >> they have been in the u.s. for five years. >> that's important to recognize. this is not unfortunately going to cover somebody who arrived just a few years ago or somebody who arrived tomorrow. they have to have been...
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hey, just call us morning bill. donald francis adds mitch mcconnell's crying about being a minority and not having his voice heard. hey, how about the majority of us whose voice is not being heard because he's so bought off. good point. d says i was absolutely appalled at the number of members of congress who signed the grover norquist pledge. you were spot-on by calling them traitors! and harmony wants us to know her opinion as to why black friday exists peter. i'm from wisconsin she says and grew up with many hunters in the family. the day after thanksgiving was always a big hunting day. black friday started with hunters' wives going shopping because all of the men were out hunting. >> i know a lot of hunting seasons kick off now. >> bill: you know what? that makes a lot of sense to me. they're hunting for deals. >> announcer: this is the "bill press show." [ ♪ theme ♪ ] >> bill: good morning everybody. welcome to the "full court press" this wednesday morning. november 28. great to see you today. thank you for
hey, just call us morning bill. donald francis adds mitch mcconnell's crying about being a minority and not having his voice heard. hey, how about the majority of us whose voice is not being heard because he's so bought off. good point. d says i was absolutely appalled at the number of members of congress who signed the grover norquist pledge. you were spot-on by calling them traitors! and harmony wants us to know her opinion as to why black friday exists peter. i'm from wisconsin she says and...
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good to you have with us. and taking a look back at a dynamic and very, very exciting third night of the democratic convention. every night, every night here i thought was just absolute home run. john is calling from up in anchorage, alaska. god knows what time it is in anchorage. thanks for joining us. >> caller: hey, bill great show. 2:00 in the morning man. >> bill: good for you. you loyal friend. >> caller: you have a great show great speeches. i'm from pennsylvania originally. the vice president took it home. hit them right on the nose. >> bill: he was really good. you could see why he's been such a loyal and important and trusted adviser to the president. >> caller: the president took it home with the grand speech that complimented former president clinton that hit it out of the park last night. i think that -- i saw some of the other speakers, they were wonderful. bill kris was wonderful talking from florida. i don't know if you caught that earlier. he told us -- >> bill: charlie crist. >> caller: charl
good to you have with us. and taking a look back at a dynamic and very, very exciting third night of the democratic convention. every night, every night here i thought was just absolute home run. john is calling from up in anchorage, alaska. god knows what time it is in anchorage. thanks for joining us. >> caller: hey, bill great show. 2:00 in the morning man. >> bill: good for you. you loyal friend. >> caller: you have a great show great speeches. i'm from pennsylvania...
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why can't you do the same for us? and i think that that's a valid criticism and something we are going to be hearing from here on out. >> does this cotroversy over the tax returns and time at bain capital and discrepancy see about what he says and what the i see disclosure forms show he was ceo through 2002, does this put more pressure on the romney campaign to change the subject in a big way by moving up their vice presidential announcement? >> yeah. you know, i think that they would like to do that. i don't know a month and a half before the convention is a good time to be doing it. i don't know if they are ready to be doing that at this point. if anything, if four years ago showed us anything, it's that you want to be pretty certain about your vice presidential pick. this is a pretty major decision for a campaign to be making. so i doubt they have a vice president that's vetted and someone they could roll out when they want to change the subject. i am sure there are plenty of moments between now and the republican
why can't you do the same for us? and i think that that's a valid criticism and something we are going to be hearing from here on out. >> does this cotroversy over the tax returns and time at bain capital and discrepancy see about what he says and what the i see disclosure forms show he was ceo through 2002, does this put more pressure on the romney campaign to change the subject in a big way by moving up their vice presidential announcement? >> yeah. you know, i think that they...
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give us a call at 866-55-press. love to hear from you wherever you happen to be in this great land of ours. peter okay burn, sipcyprian boulding. >> nice to see you. >> stop complaining. >> who is complaining. i am happy to be here. >> by the way, if you ever get in trouble, you know, and you need some help somebody, you call 911. right? >> it. at 911, there is also the operator standing by, ready to find out who to dispatch: ambulance, fire truck, police car, whoever it is but there is one requirement for the 9-1-1 operator that in this case didn't seem to be there. >> could you send an ambulance or anything right now? the guy is asleep. >> no doubt about it man. [snoring.) >> wake up. >> 0, man. >> that's like your pilot, you are want to go land and you call the air traffic controllers and you get. [snoring.) >> or if the air traffic controller contacts the pilot and hear [snoring.) >> bad sign. >> i don't know whatever happened to the end of that story. i hope it has a good endings. >> a second dispatcher got on
give us a call at 866-55-press. love to hear from you wherever you happen to be in this great land of ours. peter okay burn, sipcyprian boulding. >> nice to see you. >> stop complaining. >> who is complaining. i am happy to be here. >> by the way, if you ever get in trouble, you know, and you need some help somebody, you call 911. right? >> it. at 911, there is also the operator standing by, ready to find out who to dispatch: ambulance, fire truck, police car,...
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so check us out there. we're also online at current.com/billpress if you want to join the chat room and you can go to our web site, billpressshow.com. i think i have sufficiently plugged away, is that right? >> absolutely. you were saying we got a lot of nasty e-mails about you. we've gotten one e-mail about you being a good host. >> peter: you only sent me the ones that talked about how bad i am. that's dan henning producer on the 1s and 2s, running the board. dan, thank you for being here. screening your calls is stevie lee webb, british man. he is a british man. >> i must say just to follow on from the nasty e-mails we've gotten several calls today saying that you're great as well. but i'm better. so there you go. >> great is a relative word. >> peter: people who call in talking to you so much better than the dope that normally answers the phones. >> hose horrible. >> peter: they're so excited to talk to stevie lee webb. >> it is the accent. it is cute. you say what? >> strawberries. they love to hear me
so check us out there. we're also online at current.com/billpress if you want to join the chat room and you can go to our web site, billpressshow.com. i think i have sufficiently plugged away, is that right? >> absolutely. you were saying we got a lot of nasty e-mails about you. we've gotten one e-mail about you being a good host. >> peter: you only sent me the ones that talked about how bad i am. that's dan henning producer on the 1s and 2s, running the board. dan, thank you for...
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stay with us. going to do the young turks. i think the number one thing that viewers like about the young turks is that we're honest. they know that i'm not bs'ing them with some hidden agenda, actually supporting one party or the other. when the democrats are wrong, they know that i'm going to be the first one to call them out. they can question whether i'm right, but i think that the audience gets that this guy, to the best of his ability, is trying to look out for us. [ piano plays ] troy polamalu's going deeper. ♪ ♪ and so is head & shoulders deep clean. [ male announcer ] with 7 benefits it goes deep to remove grease, gunk and flakes. deep. like me. [ male announcer ] head & shoulders deep clean for men. ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] it's that time of year again. time for citi price rewind. because your daughter really wants that pink castle thing. and you really don't want to pay more than you have to. only citi price rewind automatically searches for the lowest price. and if it finds one, y
stay with us. going to do the young turks. i think the number one thing that viewers like about the young turks is that we're honest. they know that i'm not bs'ing them with some hidden agenda, actually supporting one party or the other. when the democrats are wrong, they know that i'm going to be the first one to call them out. they can question whether i'm right, but i think that the audience gets that this guy, to the best of his ability, is trying to look out for us. [ piano plays ] troy...
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let me use the word that i used in the headline. this is as irresponsible behavior from a speaker of the united states house of representatives you could possibly get. first of all, you don't play around with the debt ceiling with a credit rating of the united states government. no matter who you are. that's whether it is stan collender, bill press or john boehner. >> bill: why don't you? >> you've got a responsibility here for the reputation of the country. and you don't want to do anything that would negatively affect it. that's number one. and number two he, john boehner has literally invited the rating agencies, the s&ps, the same people who downgraded the rating back in august after the last debt ceiling he's invited him to do it again. he's invited him to do it again early. let's reconsider it right now. he is third in line to be -- second in line to be the president after the vice president. this is just totally irresponsible. third, it is playing to the tea party wing of his own party. the red meat folks, the birthers that y
let me use the word that i used in the headline. this is as irresponsible behavior from a speaker of the united states house of representatives you could possibly get. first of all, you don't play around with the debt ceiling with a credit rating of the united states government. no matter who you are. that's whether it is stan collender, bill press or john boehner. >> bill: why don't you? >> you've got a responsibility here for the reputation of the country. and you don't want to do...
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keep us going. keep us supplied with lots of ammunition for our show every day and faiz shakir, the director. >> editor-in-chief. >> with us every tuesday. one thing that caught my attention, your story about joe walsh and tammy deckworth -- >> go for it. >> i don't know. about five years ago or so i forget which of my books came out and i was doing a reading in silver springs, and at a big bookstore and a woman comes up to me to get her book signed in a wheelchair and i was just struck by her and found out she was from walter reed nearby tammy duckworth and she starts telling me her story. here is this woman, a helicopter pilot in iraq, shot down lost both legs one arm she can barely use and yet she had such spirit. i was in tears talking to her. i was so impressed by her, had her on the show here since then and then she was a candidate for congress and them then she became assistant secretary to the veterans administration and a guest on our show as well and now she is running for congress again.
keep us going. keep us supplied with lots of ammunition for our show every day and faiz shakir, the director. >> editor-in-chief. >> with us every tuesday. one thing that caught my attention, your story about joe walsh and tammy deckworth -- >> go for it. >> i don't know. about five years ago or so i forget which of my books came out and i was doing a reading in silver springs, and at a big bookstore and a woman comes up to me to get her book signed in a wheelchair and i...
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she'll be joining us at the top of the next hour and then bill buyers later on in studio with us. i want to go back to your calls. a lot of you want to talk about this american university professor. the first day of her class she had a class on sex, gender, and culture, she took a sick baby to class with her, and breastfed the baby while standing in front of the class. some students complained they didn't think it was appropriate. and university officials are now caught, are they going to discipline this woman or say this is the way it is. she said she thinks there is nothing wrong with what she did. she said she did it discretely and appropriately. cc is calling from vancouver, washington. good morning. >> caller: good morning, bill. thanks for taking my call. >> bill: okay. right. >> caller: i have never been understand nor has anybody before able to explain to me why breastfeeding is in public is controversial so long as the woman takes reasonable precautions to not expose herself. >> bill: i can remember the days when a woman wouldn't dare breastfeed let's say in a restaurant
she'll be joining us at the top of the next hour and then bill buyers later on in studio with us. i want to go back to your calls. a lot of you want to talk about this american university professor. the first day of her class she had a class on sex, gender, and culture, she took a sick baby to class with her, and breastfed the baby while standing in front of the class. some students complained they didn't think it was appropriate. and university officials are now caught, are they going to...
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. >> did she tweet us? >> she didn't tweet us but she has spoken about. susan rice's decision was sad and highlights the disfunction of washington, d.c. can't really argue with that. patricia says the saddest thing about the susan rice is it is a mccain, snow, ayotte and graham creation. >> i hate to see the badgood guys lose and the bad guys win. before we talk about justice scalia, what this means most likely is john kerry is the next secretary of state. wouldn't you agree? >> i think so. he is the odds-on favorite. >> bill: for president obama not to appoint him now would be awful -- >> he had some setbacks in his career but that would be a tough one to swallow. one person who was definitely benefited from all of this is that every time these senators wanted to say how unacceptable susan rice was but we would confirm john kerry in an instant. they are on the record and he should sail on through. >> that may bem resolve one problem for president obama and then the secretary much defense, to talk about chuck hagle or this woman. peter? >> i forgot her na
. >> did she tweet us? >> she didn't tweet us but she has spoken about. susan rice's decision was sad and highlights the disfunction of washington, d.c. can't really argue with that. patricia says the saddest thing about the susan rice is it is a mccain, snow, ayotte and graham creation. >> i hate to see the badgood guys lose and the bad guys win. before we talk about justice scalia, what this means most likely is john kerry is the next secretary of state. wouldn't you agree?...
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so now see they're trying to get us. let's talk about -- let's talk about the -- who would be romney's running mate. isn't it a little early to release that? here's what i wanted to get your take on this morning is here are the names they're talking about okay? you see any of these as a threat? 1-866-55-press. let's talk about it. first of all, there are eight that have been listed. condy rice. her name keeps floating up. she shot it down again last week. said no way no how would she even consider it. so far as we know, she's not even being vetted. here are the people, according to "the new york times" and other sources that are being vetted. all right? they include tim pawlenty, former governor of minnesota. rob portman senator from ohio. bobby jindal, governor of louisiana. chris christie, governor of new jersey. kelly ayotte, republican senator from new hampshire. paul ryan, wisconsin democrat. -- republican of the ryan budget. john thune senator republican from south dakota and bob mcdonnell, governor of virginia. [y
so now see they're trying to get us. let's talk about -- let's talk about the -- who would be romney's running mate. isn't it a little early to release that? here's what i wanted to get your take on this morning is here are the names they're talking about okay? you see any of these as a threat? 1-866-55-press. let's talk about it. first of all, there are eight that have been listed. condy rice. her name keeps floating up. she shot it down again last week. said no way no how would she even...
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joining us. >> my pleasure. thanks for having me, man. >> announcer: broadcasting across the nation on your radio >> announcer: broadcasting across the nation on your radio and on tv, this is the "bill press show." >> bill: during the primary mitt romney said there's no room for whining in politics. why is he whining so much now? can't take it? good morning everybody. what do you say? thursday august 16. good to see you today. this is the "full court press," of course. coming to you live all the way across this great land of ours from our nation's capital. washington, d.c. our studio right here on capitol hill. booming out to you on your local progressive talk radio station and on current tv. we are pleased to welcome back into the studio our good friend back from vacation, so tan rested and ready joe cirincione. >> good morning. >> bill: part of my part of the world. >> the nest up in oregon. -- the northwest up in oregon. >> bill: the great area up there. >> white water rafting and kayaking. a great time. >> t
joining us. >> my pleasure. thanks for having me, man. >> announcer: broadcasting across the nation on your radio >> announcer: broadcasting across the nation on your radio and on tv, this is the "bill press show." >> bill: during the primary mitt romney said there's no room for whining in politics. why is he whining so much now? can't take it? good morning everybody. what do you say? thursday august 16. good to see you today. this is the "full court...
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thank you for joining us. look forward to taking your calls and hearing from you as you join conversation at 866-55-press. 866-557377. it was a triple win for mitt romney yesterday picking up probably about 90 delegates here in the district of columbia. a polling place right down the street from our studio. the maryland primary and the wisconsin primary which puts him halfway there. >> that's one of the things we will talk about this morning with you and the whole team press here i am starting with peter ogburn. good morning. >> good morning, sir. >> how about it. dan henning in studio? >> hi. >> and siprian behind closed doors, our videographer and here we are. man, all i have to say is i am glad i was not living in lexington, texas or arlington, texas or anywhere around that area. did you see the videos? >> that video is amazing? >> big trucks flying up through the air, you know, lineke a scrap of paper and they had to say, that little thing is not a twig. >> that's an 18-wheeler. but first i thought they we
thank you for joining us. look forward to taking your calls and hearing from you as you join conversation at 866-55-press. 866-557377. it was a triple win for mitt romney yesterday picking up probably about 90 delegates here in the district of columbia. a polling place right down the street from our studio. the maryland primary and the wisconsin primary which puts him halfway there. >> that's one of the things we will talk about this morning with you and the whole team press here i am...
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between us, the u.s. and russia have 90% of the weapons in the world. >> bill: they have about 5,000, too? >> yes, in what they call the active stockpile. some are deployed ready to use. some are held in the closet. little reserved. be careful where you take those out. >> bill: this is big news. >> this is big news. this is the most serious recommendation to come up from an independent panel in years. it should be taken seriously. >> bill: hasn't been talked about a lot. it should get talked about a lot. be glad to take your calls on this, too at 1-866-55-press. this would be huge at the united states would move and russia together in this direction. it would be a huge coup for president obama as something you've been pushing for a long time. there's something else that came up which i wanted to ask you about. this is a headline from "the hill" newspaper last week. wednesday, may 9. i couldn't believe this. g.o.p. plans east coast missile defense shield. so republicans in the house are saying they want to
between us, the u.s. and russia have 90% of the weapons in the world. >> bill: they have about 5,000, too? >> yes, in what they call the active stockpile. some are deployed ready to use. some are held in the closet. little reserved. be careful where you take those out. >> bill: this is big news. >> this is big news. this is the most serious recommendation to come up from an independent panel in years. it should be taken seriously. >> bill: hasn't been talked about...
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your local progressive radio talk station and talk tv, lots of ways to join us, us being the whole teen. peter ogborn and dan henning and videographer cyprian bolling. everything good? >> yes sir we're here. >> bill: yeah, we're here. starting out fifth week on current tv. >> yes sir. good times. the longest i've ever held a job >> bill: yeah, well, don't -- don't push your luck, right? and by the way, it's a cold and a rainy day here in washington. it was a cold and a rainy yesterday in washington but not as bad as up on the frontier. it looks like western new york could really get slammed today if our good friends up in buffalo and ithaca, that part and syracuse, rochester here we go. here's what the focuser says. >> i'm looking for anywhere between five and nine inches in the buffalo metro area. over the southern western tier, they're looking at possibly a foot, foot and a half of snow. so, they're looking at possibly a crippling situation. >> bill: now, you know, i went to school at niagara university so i spent three years on the frontier. we used to have snow on the ground from oc
your local progressive radio talk station and talk tv, lots of ways to join us, us being the whole teen. peter ogborn and dan henning and videographer cyprian bolling. everything good? >> yes sir we're here. >> bill: yeah, we're here. starting out fifth week on current tv. >> yes sir. good times. the longest i've ever held a job >> bill: yeah, well, don't -- don't push your luck, right? and by the way, it's a cold and a rainy day here in washington. it was a cold and a...
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again, give us a call. tweet us or go on facebook.com. to join us, to look at the political landscape this first half hour, david catanese is political reporter with politico. good to see you. >> happy election day. >> bill: you've got it covered. >> absolutely. >> bill: we'll talk about the president, senate, house races. our team is here. peter ogborn, dan henning. >> we didn't get the day off to go vote, huh? i'm kidding. we're getting out of here a little early. >> bill: you're done in another hour. you have the whole day. >> i'm kidding. >> bill: until 1:00 a.m. tomorrow morning. >> i'll be there if i have to. >> bill: take a sandwich. >> bill: cyprian bowlding, our videographer. phil backert has the phones covered. it is also a day to look back and before we get into -- this primary has been -- >> think progress went through and collected for us some of the highlights of this election 2012. who will ever forget newt gingrich's -- the most important plank in his platform? >> we will have the first permanent base on the moon and it wi
again, give us a call. tweet us or go on facebook.com. to join us, to look at the political landscape this first half hour, david catanese is political reporter with politico. good to see you. >> happy election day. >> bill: you've got it covered. >> absolutely. >> bill: we'll talk about the president, senate, house races. our team is here. peter ogborn, dan henning. >> we didn't get the day off to go vote, huh? i'm kidding. we're getting out of here a little...
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find us there. give us your hash tag. my2k. we'll retweet it and share it with our viewers and listeners. l camp says my 2k helps us pay for our son's preschool. gayle says it keeps a roof over my head for two months. it is more than a year of electric bills. someone came to you and said -- >> bill: put that in perspective. >> boom. you have to find a way to pay for your electric bills from now on. >> bill: what john boehner is saying is screw you! you find some other way to pay for your electric bill. find some other way to pay two months rent. find some other way to fund your i.r.a. that's exactly what they're saying. they don't care about the middle class. >> dave farkas on twitter says if i get to keep my 2k, i would give it to a billionaire so he could pay his taxes. >> bill: that's all he would be paying. lennie chiming in from kenosha wisconsin. how are you? >> caller: good. how you doing? >> bill: good. what's it all mean to you my2k? >> caller: i had mentioned that i would like to buy all of my christmas presents with
find us there. give us your hash tag. my2k. we'll retweet it and share it with our viewers and listeners. l camp says my 2k helps us pay for our son's preschool. gayle says it keeps a roof over my head for two months. it is more than a year of electric bills. someone came to you and said -- >> bill: put that in perspective. >> boom. you have to find a way to pay for your electric bills from now on. >> bill: what john boehner is saying is screw you! you find some other way to...
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you could use bain. this doesn't address whether or not bain is a -- whether or not romney used bain to just enrich the investors. the point here is how they were corporate citizens and i think bain had tested this. this is a potent message. then you don't have to debate the larger issue of should a company like this exist? exactly how much should he make? did he enrich himself at the others? the point is, they bought a company and eroded benefits from those jobs. >> it doesn't matter what cory booker says about not fair to talk about bain capital. the obama campaign knows as lynn says. >> first with the sir gat issues and since when is every single member of one party a surrogate for the presidential nominee? corey booker, despite the fact that he is a great twitter presence is the mayor of newark, new jersey. he runs in burning homes and good at articulating messages but the larger point, to the larger point, i think that there is -- what mitt romney did at bain is within the bounds of what private equ
you could use bain. this doesn't address whether or not bain is a -- whether or not romney used bain to just enrich the investors. the point here is how they were corporate citizens and i think bain had tested this. this is a potent message. then you don't have to debate the larger issue of should a company like this exist? exactly how much should he make? did he enrich himself at the others? the point is, they bought a company and eroded benefits from those jobs. >> it doesn't matter...
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he led us on. once i got on television, i started meeting presses all around the country and every one of them, russian jew. i was raced a catholic in delaware. i'm thinking what is this. i started i've been trying to go back and find out exactly and i was able to get us back to i grew up in delaware. my grandfather came from salem new jersey, across the river. i got back to press back to 1894. it was press, never shortened. i couldn't get beyond there. recently, i hooked up with a sponsor of the program called ancestory.com. it looked like they came to philadelphia from eastern europe. i'm on the trail now. >> wow! >> bill: thanks to this ancestory.com. try the website to start your journey. you'll have two full weeks to see what you can uncover. visit tryancestory.com and maybe uncover some of the secrets in your family. some we may not want to know. >> i'm the black sheep. i don't even know the spelling of my name. >> this is just a wild guess here. >> i don't know if it's d-u-e or d-u-r. legall
he led us on. once i got on television, i started meeting presses all around the country and every one of them, russian jew. i was raced a catholic in delaware. i'm thinking what is this. i started i've been trying to go back and find out exactly and i was able to get us back to i grew up in delaware. my grandfather came from salem new jersey, across the river. i got back to press back to 1894. it was press, never shortened. i couldn't get beyond there. recently, i hooked up with a sponsor of...
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thank you for joining us. we have lots and lots to get to you today. boy, it is fast and furious, so to speak here on capitol hill in washington, d.c. we will tell you all about that big election news around the country today. arizona, ron barber former top aid to gabby giffords now replacing her in the universe congress and in north dakota voter says, no. we are not going to get rid of paying property taxes. and now, in syria, with new attack helicopters being september to the syrian government by russia a and new arms going to the syrian rebels, the united nations said this is officially now a civil war, more and more pressure than on the united states to get involved. man, you see across the board. got so much to talk about. so much to cover. so much you are going to want to call about at 866, 55 press. >> that's our toll-free number. great to see you today. thank you so much for joining us. the team here, peter ogburn. >> hey, there. >> hello peter ogburn. >> happy to be here. >> what do you say guys? and
thank you for joining us. we have lots and lots to get to you today. boy, it is fast and furious, so to speak here on capitol hill in washington, d.c. we will tell you all about that big election news around the country today. arizona, ron barber former top aid to gabby giffords now replacing her in the universe congress and in north dakota voter says, no. we are not going to get rid of paying property taxes. and now, in syria, with new attack helicopters being september to the syrian...
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that you for joining us. we always save a seat for you as we tackle the issues of the day 866-557377. in addition to our regular team we are prout to welcome to the studio a great member of the united states congress representing the second congressional district of the state of connecticut. great to see you. >> thank you, bill. >> we like it when members of congress stop by the studio on the way to work in the morning. we mentioned mitt romney wrapping up the nomination last night even though newt gingrich is still saying he is re-assessing his cam paper. priorities, u.s.a. the super p.a.c. supporting the president's reelection, they are out this morning. we just got a copy of it. it's a new ad 30-second ad that they are running in colorado and nevada on mitt romney. here is what it sounds like. >> mitt romney he made millions off companies while workers lost retirement benefits. he made $21 million but paid a lower tax rate than many middle class families. romney is proposing a huge new 150,000 dollar tax c
that you for joining us. we always save a seat for you as we tackle the issues of the day 866-557377. in addition to our regular team we are prout to welcome to the studio a great member of the united states congress representing the second congressional district of the state of connecticut. great to see you. >> thank you, bill. >> we like it when members of congress stop by the studio on the way to work in the morning. we mentioned mitt romney wrapping up the nomination last night...
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join us. watch us or listen to us. stay with us and tell your friends. thanks sean. >> irie is in pennsylvania. >> caller: i just wanted to call in and express my anger at mr. mourdock. i can't believe that he would say such a thing. >> bill: i can't either. i can't believe his fellow republicans like cornyn and romney all stand by him. >> caller: the thing about it, bill, he's using god. he hates me because i'm an afro-american. how can you be -- if you're saying i'm a christian and i love the lord then do godly things and help the poor. and the needy you know, the old and the sick. >> bill: that's not -- irie, you and i read a different gospel. we know a different jesus than they know. >> caller: one more thing. i just got my thing in yesterday from the union workers -- from the bus drivers in pennsylvania and they've got everybody on here who to vote for. so i'm just so glad. my husband works for septa. >> bill: if it comes from the bus driver's union, i would trust it right down the line. thank you so much. good to hear from you. >> on her comments a
join us. watch us or listen to us. stay with us and tell your friends. thanks sean. >> irie is in pennsylvania. >> caller: i just wanted to call in and express my anger at mr. mourdock. i can't believe that he would say such a thing. >> bill: i can't either. i can't believe his fellow republicans like cornyn and romney all stand by him. >> caller: the thing about it, bill, he's using god. he hates me because i'm an afro-american. how can you be -- if you're saying i'm a...
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good to be with you, and great to have you with us. thanks for joining us. we look forward to hearing from you any way you want to. you can give us a call at 866-55-press. an army of operators standing by to take your calls. you are join us on twitter, on facebook, and in the chat room by going to current.com and just clicking on the chat room and joining other viewers and listeners, other full court pressers across the land. this hour we have the honor of joining a -- good friend of ours, congress woman eleanor holmes norton. good to see you. >> good morning, bill. >> i walked around the corner to get here. they are located in the wonderful neighborhood of capitol hill. there are people who live here you know. >> you live here and work here. >> bill: last night i was mentioning we had an event at the hill center, and last night's event was withsenator who lives around any corner. we have our team here too. peter ogburn and dan henning. >> good morning. >> hey hey, hey. >> bill: siprion bolling with us as well. congress woman this is something you probably h
good to be with you, and great to have you with us. thanks for joining us. we look forward to hearing from you any way you want to. you can give us a call at 866-55-press. an army of operators standing by to take your calls. you are join us on twitter, on facebook, and in the chat room by going to current.com and just clicking on the chat room and joining other viewers and listeners, other full court pressers across the land. this hour we have the honor of joining a -- good friend of ours,...
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momentum is with us. if things continue, we have a very decent shot of getting to that magic number of 25. again, what we're seeing is that the more people focus on the choice in this election and the different paths forward on the economy, the more they're rejecting the romney/ryan approach because they recognize that it's designed to provide another round of big tax breaks for someone like mitt romney. >> bill: definitely pick up seats, not quite willing to say for sure we'll take back the house. >> you know -- the odds are improving every day. >> bill: on this issue -- you sit there -- you're the democrat alongside of paul ryan on that house budget committee. you know this budget inside and out. is this -- is this becoming an issue in these house races? are democrats able to run against a republican budget and are republicans running away from it? >> there is no doubt republicans are running very fast but they're being chased by our democratic candidates who are saying you can run but you can't hide. f
momentum is with us. if things continue, we have a very decent shot of getting to that magic number of 25. again, what we're seeing is that the more people focus on the choice in this election and the different paths forward on the economy, the more they're rejecting the romney/ryan approach because they recognize that it's designed to provide another round of big tax breaks for someone like mitt romney. >> bill: definitely pick up seats, not quite willing to say for sure we'll take back...
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. >> that's behind us. coming up they have a little time april 3rd, we go gointo wisconsin, mayor cylinderland and washington, d.c. >> whibere do they have? that? >> rick santorum is probably wonder wondering, i bet he imagined he wouldn't get this far. at some point, his daughter was in charge of actually researching how to get on the ballots and people ri saypeople are saying if he can't do well in wisconsin it's probably time for him to bow out. but it doesn't look like he is going to. >> then we go to april 24th. >> right. >> which is connecticut, del air delaware delaware, rhode island. so kind of getting away from santorum country? >> that's right. >> that seems to me his chances get diminished rather than grow. >> it will be hard for him to maintain momentum through april. it's going to be a cruel month for him. he has a bright spot in pennsylvania, his home state. so he should do well there. >> he didn't doo too, too well? >> 18 point loss to bob casey in 2006. but, you know, he is obviously hoping
. >> that's behind us. coming up they have a little time april 3rd, we go gointo wisconsin, mayor cylinderland and washington, d.c. >> whibere do they have? that? >> rick santorum is probably wonder wondering, i bet he imagined he wouldn't get this far. at some point, his daughter was in charge of actually researching how to get on the ballots and people ri saypeople are saying if he can't do well in wisconsin it's probably time for him to bow out. but it doesn't look like he...